{"id":336590,"date":"2026-07-11T03:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336590\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T03:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:40:09","slug":"preview-orange-and-blue-look-for-three-points-sunday-night-against-orlando-city-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336590\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Orange and Blue look for three points Sunday night against Orlando City B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FC Cincinnati 2 are set to host Orlando City B at Scudamore Field at NKU Soccer Stadium on Sunday, July 12 at 6 p.m. The Orange and Blue are coming off a 2-2 draw, and shootout win, against Red Bull New York II and will look to continue their home winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the match are available and can be claimed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccincinnati.com\/fans\/app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FC Cincinnati App<\/a>. The match will also air live on <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.onefootball.com\/en\/live-matches\/2665669?partner_key=mls_nextpro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One Football<\/a> platforms and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlsnextpro.com\/news\/live-streams-watch-fc-cincinnati-2-vs-orlando-city-b-mw-19-july-12th\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLSNEXTPro.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FC CINCINNATI 2 vs ORLANDO CITY B \u2013 SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2026 \u2013 6 P.M. ET \u2013 SCUDAMORE STADIUM<\/p>\n<p>Keep up with all things FC Cincinnati 2 @FCCincinnati 2 on X, Instagram, and Facebook\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FC Cincinnati 2\/Matchup Notes\u00a0<br \/>The matchup \u2013 Sunday\u2019s match will be the first meeting and only meeting of the season between FCC 2 and Orlando City B. The two sides played just once last season, a 4-1 win for the Orange and Blue in the penultimate match of the year. FCC 2 will look to make it three wins in a row against the Lions on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Stef back on the scoresheet \u2013 First team forward Stefan Chirila found himself back on the scoresheet against Red Bull with his converted penalty in the 49th minute to cut the lead. It is Chirila\u2019s fifth goal of the season, leading all FCC 2 players, and his first since May. Chirila has his sights set on a personal single season high for goals scored \u2013 he netted 9 times in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another MLS NEXT Pro debut\u2026 \u2013 FC Cincinnati Academy defender LJ Born made his MLS NEXT Pro debut against Red Bull New York II last Sunday, helping the Orange and Blue hold off a late Red Bull charge to send the match to a shootout, which FCC 2 would win. Born becomes the 11th academy player to make their debut this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026And a first team debut \u2013 Defender F\u00e9lix Samson made his first team debut on Friday night against Burnely FC in a 3-1 win. Samson played 30 minutes, coming on as part of the second half group of substitutes. Samson has started in all 11 matches for FC Cincinnati 2 in MLS NEXT Pro this season where he has scored one goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scouting Orlando City B\u00a0<br \/>Record: 7-4-6 (30 points)\u00a0<br \/>Standings: 6th Eastern Conference\u00a0<br \/>Last Three: 1-1 draw \u2013 SOL \u2013 at Crown Legacy FC | 2-2 draw \u2013 SOL \u2013 vs Columbus Crew 2 | 2-1 loss vs Philadelphia Union II\u00a0<br \/>Head Coach: Edward Wilding<br \/>Leading Scorer: 7 \u2013 Pedro Le\u00e3o<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a 1-1 draw against Crown Legacy FC, and a 2-2 draw against Columbus Crew 2 prior, Orlando City B will be looking to secure their first win since June 13 when they beat Huntsville City FC 2-1. While ranking sixth in the Eastern Conference, Orlando is looking for consistency in the summer months as the Lions have played to six draws this season, tied for the most such results in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando\u2019s leading goalscorer is Brazilian forward Pedro Le\u00e3o. Le\u00e3o, in his first season with the club, has notched seven goals while starting 14 of 17 games played. Le\u00e3o scored goals in three straight matches to open the campaign and had back-to-back two goal performances against Chattanooga FC and Huntsville City FC in May and June, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Former FC Cincinnati Academy midfielder Justin Hylton will square off against his former club in his second full season with OCB. Hylton has given the Lions a boost in limited minutes this year, scoring three goals \u2013 including his first in MLS NEXT Pro play \u2013 and one assist.<\/p>\n<p>OCB is led by head coach Edward Wilding. Wilding was appointed in early April after serving as the club\u2019s Methodology Lead for the academy, as well as the head coach of the academy\u2019s U18 team. Prior to his time with Orlando, Wilding spent time with the Colorado Rapids Academy, the Barcelona Residency Program and the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Cincinnati 2 are set to host Orlando City B at Scudamore Field at NKU Soccer Stadium on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[133441,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-336590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fc-cincinnati-2","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}